Men s trousers-supporter and the like



G. DECKER.

MEN'S TROUSERS SUPPORTER AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 4. |911.

Patented May 27, 1919.

GEORGE DECKER, 0F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

MENS TROUSERS-SUPPORTER AND THE LIKE.

Specification of rLetters Patent.

Patented May 27, i919.

Application filed September 4,' 1917. Serial No. 189,643.

To all wkom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, GEORGE DEoKER, a citizen of the United States of Amerlca, and

a resident of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement 1n Mens Trousers-Supporters and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used instead of the ordinary Suspenders to support y mens trousers-and the like when in use, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple and convenient cast-ofi' and buttonengaging device that is removably attached at its upper end to the shirt of the wearer and similarly7 attached at its lower end to the wearers trousers, whereby two functions are performed at the Sametime, one being the more important one of supporting the trousers and the other being that of holding the shirt down and preventing its rising from tucked place within the trousers.

The details of structure will loe fully hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out in the claim that follows.

In the accompanying sheet o-f drawings:-

Figure l is a front elevation of the device as it appears in use, showing fragments of the waist-portion of the trousers and bodyportion of the adjacent shirt;

Fig. 2, a vertical section taken on the dotted-line w, of Fig. l, but omitting the fragment of the shirt.;

lffig. 3, a rear elevation of the device itsel Fig. 4, a perspective view of the device with the fastening-loop of its cast-0E member swung forward in open position ready for application to the shirt: and- Fig. 5, a front elevation of a modification, showing my device with a bifurcated pair 'of elastic buttoning-ends instead. of the single elastic buttoning-end seen in each of the previous views.

l indicates a vertical elastic strip forming the body-portion of my device, having at its lower end a button-hole 2.

This elastic strip is preferably made double, being folded as shown at 3 at its lower end, w/hereby it has the desired strength and resiliency, as well as endurance to accomplish the object hereinbefore named.

4 indicates a vertical inelastic strip of tape or other suitable, pliable fabric folded at its lower end .so as to embrace the upper end of the double elastic strip l` to which it is stitched or otherwisesecurely attached. This strip 4 is also double and folded so as to provide a loop 5 at its top and a loop 6 near its lower end, said loop 5l accommodating the wire backing 7 of a' forwardlyprojecting stud orbutton 8, and the loop 6 accommodating the lower horizontal bar .9 of the wire fastening-loop 10 of a casto'ff member that swings from said loop 6 and has a contracted upper end 11 for interlocking-engagement, as customary in castofi' devices of this type, with the stud Aor button 8. The stud 8 is preferably `covered or faced with a padding of rubber, as best shown in Fig. 2, so as to make better fric-l tional contact with the shirt goods and without dam-age to the latter in use.

A. indicates a fragment of the upper waistportion of the trousers, and B a fragment of the body of the shirt. The right and left side portions of the trousers and shirt are the ones in connection with which my device is preferably used, so that but two of the devices need be used in order to 'equalize the suspension of the trousers from the buttons V12 on the inner face of the waist-band at the right and left sides of the person and using the weight of the trousers to simultaneously pull or draw downwardly on the shirt to prevent its undue rising above the ywaist-band of the trousers, and thereby impart a neat appearance to the shirt as well as to avoid the necessity of too frequently and unsightly tucking the shirt down into place within the trousers.

'The customary belt C may be worn to aid, if desired, in supporting the trousers, especially when the pockets thereof are more or less filled with heavy articl-es that would eXert undue weight on the cast-od` connection 'with the shirt and otherwise cause it lto rupture or tear.

In Fig. 5 is shown a modified form in which a pair of elastic ends or strips la, la, extends in fork-form from the lower end of the inelastic strip 4, the latter'having the same cast-od devices for connection with the shirt, as disclosed in the other views. The outer ends of said strips la, la, are provided with button-holes 2a, 2a, for connection witlr buttons on the inner face of the waist-band,. such buttons being preferably arranged at either side the center of the left and right .sides of the trousers for the de`` sired uniform suspension ofthe garment on the person In Fig. l is shown how the shirt goods is folded and gathered at 13 to surround the stud 8 and interlocked in place by the engagement of the contracted portion ll ofthe cast-oil'l member l0 With the shank of said stud.

I claim:-

In a device for detachably supporting mens trousers and the like from the Wearers shirt or other upper garment, the c0mbination of a vertical elastic strip or bodyportion having a button-hole at its lovver end, a single inelastic tape extending vertically from the upper end of said elastic body-portion and having a forwardly-projecting stud atits upper end, and a swinging cast-0H' loop having a horizontal bar at its lower end adapted to have pivotal-engagement with a loop in the lower end of said inelastic tape and, also, having its upper end contracted for interlocking-engagement with the said stud When the latter has a fold or gathering of the shirt goods surrounding it, the button-hole end of said elastic body-portion being adapted for engagement with a button on the trousers Waist-band for elastically supporting the trousers from the shirt or other upper gar-4 ment and simultaneously preventing the latter from unduly rising on the person While in use, substantially as shown and described.

GEORGE DECKER. 

